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‘Ksawery Piwocki and the Vienna and Lvov Schools of Art History’
The scientific work of Ksawery Piwocki (1901-1974), Polish art historian, differed from the work of researchers of his generation in two essential aspects. It took folk and primitive art into account and considered art contemporary with Piwocki’s life. The ideal sought by Piwocki was a comprehensive outlook on artistic phenomena.
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The Faculty Notebook, October 2009
The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest.
Provost\u27s Office,
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PREAMBULAR HISTORY: THE VIEW OF THE PAST IN KEY HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
ABSTRACT This article claims that the preambles of foundational human rights instruments, taken together, articulate a consistent view of the past. This view is firmly rooted in historical processes, embedded in metaphysical truths, and enacted in service of the future. Part 1 assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the “preambular approach to history”
Antoon De Baets
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Kunstwollen: The Transfer and Precarious Survival of an Artistic-Theoretical Concept in Czech Art History of the 20th Century [PDF]
The influential art-historical concept of Kunstwollen or ‘will-to-art’, connected first with the socalled Vienna School of Art History, then transferred into Czech art history and therein surviving to this day, was introduced in three art-historical ...
Tomáš Murár
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Foundation to Promote Scholarship and Teaching 2012-2013 Awards [PDF]
Proposal abstracts of 2012-2013 award recipients in a wide range of disciplinary ...
Office of the Provost, Roger Williams University
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REALISM OR IDEALISM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY FROM A PRACTICING HISTORIAN
ABSTRACT This review essay argues that the realist philosophy of history, as represented by Adam Timmins in Towards a Realist Philosophy of History, raises interesting questions about the nature of historical writing and challenges some of the foundations of idealist philosophy of history.
Stefan Berger
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Riegl, Strzygowski and the development of art [PDF]
Originally published in Towards a Science of Art History: J. J. Tikkanen and Art Historical Scholarship in Europe, Helsinki: Society of Art History, 2009.The lifelong rivalry between Alois Riegl and Josef Strzygowski, both prominent members of the Vienna
Georg Vasold
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On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the art and architecture historian Renate Wagner-Rieger, the University of Vienna in cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences organized an international conference in November 2021.1 Wagner-Rieger, who ...
Ingeborg Schemper - Sparholz +1 more
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Economics for the Masses : The Visual Display of Economic Knoledge in the United Staes (1921-1945) [PDF]
The rise of visual representation in economics textbooks after WWII is one of the main features of contemporary economics. In this paper, we argue that this development has been preceded by a no less significant rise of visual representation in the ...
Charles Loic, Giraud Yann
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Old Skool Spinning and Syncing: Memory, Technologies, and Occupational Membership in a DJ Community
Abstract We show how technology and its temporal instantiations act as material‐relational mnemonic devices that provide temporal anchors for collective remembering in occupations and form the basis of what we call an 'occupational mnemonic community'.
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